Buses to replace certain Blue Line trains for more than a week starting Friday night [Video]

Metro Transit’s Blue and Green Lines are a dependable service for many Twins fans and others coming downtown on a busy weekend.

“If you’re coming downtown, I mean dealing with the parking and walking and all, I mean, this is so convenient,” says Ann Sobotka, from Lakeville.

However, as of 10 PM Friday, the southern third of the Blue Line — from Fort Snelling to Mall of America — will be closed for ten days.

Shuttle buses will be taking the place of trains.

“Not a fan, not too much of a fan,” says Steve Christiansen, who uses the Blue Line to get to Twins games — and to work. “Considering I was going to use it, because I work in Minneapolis, so this would be a little easier way for me to get downtown. This shutdown for the next ten days, I might …